For my daughter, Lilli.
FRECKLED FRIEND
Looking in the mirror
she touched her young freckled skin
wishing she were a Hollywood beauty
skin white flawless smooth
but there were freckles instead
Glancing in the silvered glass
She saw his smiling reflection
Tugged silhouette propped
against the old door frame
him loving her ordinary naturalness
life, home, warm, human
each freckle he loved
every freckle he kissed
Would she ever discover
her truest self:
the freckled woman he loved?
Freckled Friend
let me embrace you
so much energy
in your freckles
give some power to me
I love your freckles
as I love you.
TEARE 1991
